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ABOUT ANITA MANN

Mom

ABOUT ME

I am a stay-at-home mom and my husband works for the power company. We have three daughters, ages 13, 16 and 18. Their schedules, which include horseback riding and soccer, keep us very busy.

WHY I’M TOURING FARMS

I’ve always been fascinated and curious about how the farming system works. Agriculture is a subject I know very little about, and I just want to learn more about how a farm operates. What better way to learn about them than to experience a farm firsthand?

My Blog Posts

WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT BYPRODUCT?

I don’t know about you, but I have to admit that when I heard that farmers feed their cattle byproducts I really didn’t understand what that meant.

10 Things I Didn’t Know Before I Toured Farms

As I reflect back on this year in the Illinois Farm Bureau’s City Mom program, I’d like to share just a few of the things that I did not know before I began this program and that have made an impression on me.